MTrec Recruitment, which is part of the Japanese-owned global staffing group – Openup Group, is one of the leading recruitment organisations in the North-East. The business was established in 2006 and has experienced rapid growth and expansion over the past 20 years, and this trend is expected to continue. We provide the North-East manufacturing/engineering and commercial sectors with high-quality recruitment solutions, which include temporary and permanent placement services.
We're an employer of choice in this sector. We operate a highly cohesive team-based structure that ensures all of our customers and candidates receive the best service possible. We have been awarded the highly prestigious Investors in People Award - Gold accreditation, which is a highly acclaimed business award for training, development, and involvement of staff. We are a corporate member of the REC - the governing body for recruitment in the UK, for best practice, ethics, and advice - all of our staff are trained in the Certificate of Recruitment Practice, which is part of their ongoing professional development and ensures a quality-driven level of service is provided to everyone we deal with.
Due to the continued growth of the business, we are now looking to strengthen our sales/business development teams and recruit an experienced sales professional to develop new business sales opportunities for the technical, commercial and industrial recruitment teams. This role is not as a recruitment consultant, but as a business development/sales role to help support the recruiters find new client opportunities.
You may have previously worked in sales and business development, and you are looking for a new and challenging career opportunity. You may have also worked in the recruitment industry for many years, and you are now looking for an opportunity to just focus on the client side and generate new opportunities and vacancies for the recruitment teams to service and work on.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Working with the internal recruitment teams on identifying new commercial opportunities and clients.
* Able to focus and concentrate on making calls, with a target of 50 calls per day.
* Focus on new business sales activities.
* Conduct extensive marketing research to target existing and new sectors.
* Ensure high-level and consistent business development activities are completed daily.
* Attend sales meetings to deliver company presentations.
* Complete daily and weekly management reports.
* Develop and implement innovative ideas to support the growth of the business.
* Develop your client base across a variety of commercial vertical markets.
Person Specification
* Experience of working in business-to-business sales is essential.
* Ideally you will have a background in manufacturing or engineering.
* A proven track record of winning new business.
* A genuine desire to work in a business development role is essential. You must be motivated by achievement, winning new business and developing new clients for yourself and the business. These must be your driving motivators.
* Ideally, you will have previous experience of working in the recruitment industry, and you are now looking for an opportunity to focus just on the client side and help more junior recruiters work on more vacancies.
* You will enjoy making cold calls, attending client visits and generating new business.
* Able to demonstrate excellent listening skills.
Rewards and Benefits on Offer.
* A very attractive basic salary and bonus scheme.
* Membership to a premium gym and health club in Newcastle
* Staff social events
* You will be working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
* As part of your role, you will be representing a number of the region’s leading multi-national and SME companies.
* You will receive full training and continuous development to ensure you are fully supported at all times.
* The culture within MTrec is a major strength. You will be working in a very close-knit, team-oriented environment. Every single staff member is fully supported in all areas of their role.
* MTrec is part of a global staffing group, which is expanding its operations continuously.
* MTrec is a fully accredited Investors in People organisation to Gold Standard. You will receive the rewards, training and progression for you to enjoy a long-term and highly motivating career.
* You will receive exceptional rewards for achieving key business results
Salary description
£35000.00 - £45000.00 per year